Miscellaneous thoughts and discoveries on genealogy, family history and family photos.

John Sexton – Zooming Into a Life

In my last post, I introduced Microsoft’s new Deep Zoom technology and showed how we could use it to zoom way in on a large family photo. This time, I’m posting a collage of 191 photos of my Dad that lets you zoom way in on each individual photo. If you’ve never seen Deep Zoom in action before, it’s well worth taking a look. I think that you’ll be amazed at the experience. Follow the link below to get started.

This collection includes 191 photos of my Dad, John Sexton, spanning his entire life: 1933-2005. Many of the original scans are fairly high resolution, so as you zoom in, you’ll be able to see some wonderful details.

How to use Deep Zoom to view the collection:

Follow the link below to bring up the page

Download and install Silverlight, if requested (it’s quick)

Use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and out

Depending on your internet connection, you may need to wait a bit after zooming for the image to sharpen

To start with, zoom all of the way out so that you can see the entire collection

Then explore by zooming in on individual photos

You can also pan (slide) by holding the left mouse button down and dragging